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HIV Testing

Know Your Status

When you know your HIV status – and the status your sex and injection partners – you are empowered to protect your health and the health of your community. The San Francisco Department of Public Health recommends that all adults should have at least one HIV test in their lifetime performed by their health care provider. Men who have sex with men, injection drug users, and trans females should get an HIV test at least every 6 months.

Our partner sites provide free HIV testing. See below for a list of testing sites. Some sites only provide services to specific populations, so be sure to find a location that’s right for you.

Gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men, injection drug users and trans females can get tested anywhere.

If you are in one of these groups you can get tested at any of our listed clinics.

AHP offers free HIV rapid testing with results in twenty minutes, and limited STD testing for Syphilis, Chlamydia and Gonorrhea offered to men and transgender individuals who have sex with men. STD results in one week to ten days.

AHP relies on volunteer support. To ensure that our volunteer staff thrive, we provide extensive training and ongoing supervision to enable them to do this important and sensitive work.

This site contains HIV prevention messages that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Since HIV infection is spread primarily through sexual practices or by sharing needles, prevention messages and programs presented on this website may address these topics. If you are not seeking such information or may be offended by such materials, please exit this website. All HIV prevention materials funded by CDC must be approved by local San Francisco program review panels.